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So you may or may not know my feelings in this matter. I find it bizarre that so many seemingly younger Sabres fans hold such contempt for a Carolina Hurricanes. Sure we lost a tough series to them with what many consider our best chance to win a cup but I still hold way more feelings for the Bruins, Flyers , Leafs and Sens due to the history we have with them not a one off series a dozen years ago.

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They happened to be standing in the way of a Buffalo Sabres team that would have handily beaten the Edmonton Oilers to win the Cup.

The fluke injuries combined with the bragging they did about a come-from-behind underdog victory, like it was an act of god to beat the Rochester Americans' defense in game 7.

Extremely fair weather fans with very poor regular season attendance that still couldn't fill their arena with their own fans for playoff games. So many Buffalo fans bought tickets to that series that Carolina prohibited ticket sales to zip codes in WNY.

Carolina fans whining and carrying on about how so many Sabres fans showed up and how hard they tailgated. It was too much for their delicate sensibilities and they labeled Buffalo as having "the worst fans." But because of their inexperience and fairweatherdom, they laughably knew nothing of NJ fans, Flyers fans, Boston fans, etc.

Rod Brindamour is ugly. Like Elephant man ugly.

The team has been often one of the worst teams in the NHL. But they were also the kings of a supremely ***** Southeast Division, which granted them several playoff berths. Once they were moved to the "Metro" (still hate that name), they got their ***** kicked in continuously. Until this year.

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Honestly, I can't hate anyone right now (except maybe Toronto). When (?) we get better and can actually compete, when we are in the playoffs, when we have a legitimate team that can compete with any of those left, then, and only then can I go back to hating other teams. Until that day comes, I just scratch my head at how they can get better quickly, or stay good, and I wonder why we are always so far off. So right now it's envy, not hate. Just envy.

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Most dont need to go this far to find reasons to hate the Canes,but if you dont hate them already then you've never been to a Sabres game in Raleigh. If you attend a Sabres game here in Raleigh i promise that you'll find yourself hating just about everything about the Canes organization.

*****, just come work here for a week and engage in some canes water cooler talk with your coworkers. You'll find dozens of reasons to hate them.

Oh and I dont think anyone mentioned Ric Flair yet.

Go Bruins / Blue Jackets!

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Most dont need to go this far to find reasons to hate the Canes,but if you dont hate them already then you've never been to a Sabres game in Raleigh. If you attend a Sabres game here in Raleigh i promise that you'll find yourself hating just about everything about the Canes organization.

*****, just come work here for a week and engage in some canes water cooler talk with your coworkers. You'll find dozens of reasons to hate them.

Oh and I dont think anyone mentioned Ric Flair yet.

Go Bruins / Blue Jackets!

I went to the Canes-Sabres game on Dec. 23, 2017. What was I supposed to see? I saw a good-sized crowd, maybe a sellout, passionately supporting a team that was as crummy as the Sabres. Objectively speaking it was an atmosphere you rarely see in Buffalo. You'd probably have to take a Thanksgiving Eve drunkfest in Buffalo to match it. People stood when the Canes scored. It was... uncanny. And for such an unsophisticated bunch, I didn't hear whistles and catcalls when obvious offside and icing calls went against the Canes.

This thread is sad. I'm not going to hate a franchise and its fans because 1. Jay McKee's leg got infected 2. Carolina won that Game 7 and then the Cup 3. They got back to the playoffs before we did. 4. Hockey fans are hockey fans (and the worst fans of all are visiting male fans).

Absolutely nothing to see here. Except more evidence that we've bottomed out. Carolina? We hate Carolina? Meanwhile, do they even know we exist?